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It remained under the control of Savoy until the Burgundian Wars in Modern times[ edit ] The later 19th and the 20th century brought about drastic changes to the city's culture and physical nature. Out of the forested land, Additionally, Maigrauge Abbey has existed sinceand has belonged to the Cistercians since The city and its canton joined the Swiss Confederation inand has long influenced Swiss and European Catholicism.

Fribourg and the Sonderbund capitulated to Federalist forces under General Dufour on 14 November in what amounted to a brief and nearly bloodless Swiss civil war. Fribourg was part of the Sonderbunda "separate alliance" of Catholic cantons attempting to secede from Switzerland. First, considerable losses in a war against Savoy had to be made good.

The hills flanked on both sides by steep, largely wooded, slopes. Of the agricultural land, 6. The former village of Bourguillon lies within the municipality.

The inauguration of the University in was an important event in Fribourg.